Student Associates

Laura Mahan

Laura Mahan currently works at Germanna Community College Office of Disability Services as a student support specialist in addition to lecturing with focus on genocide. Her doctoral research in Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason University focuses on persons with disabilities and the deaf during the holocaust, the role of rape and rape denials during the holocaust and the genocide in Cambodia, and the use of critical participatory action research towards reducing police violence in American deaf communities. She holds a MS in Conflict Analysis and Resolution and a BA in Psychology from George Mason University.

Christopher Venegas

Christopher Venegas is a Masters student at the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution, where he is studying preventative diplomacy, non-state actors, and the prevention of genocide and crimes against humanity. He has researched for the Division of Global Public Health in the Department of Medicine at the University of California, San Diego. Christopher and his team focused on policing exposures and HIV/drug-related risk behaviors among people who inject drugs. He holds a Bachelors degree from the University of California San Diego in Political Science with an emphasis on International Relations as well as a Minor in Human Rights. Christopher works as the Outreach Director of the Lemkin Program.

Jamie Wise

Jamie Wise is pursuing an MS in Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason University as a Charles E. Scheidt Fellow for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention. Previously, she graduated with her BA in International Studies and Sociology from The Ohio State University. Jamie has interned at the American Bar Association’s Rule of Law Initiative, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, and the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington D.C. Her research focuses on transitional justice and the legacies of mass violence in Rwanda, Syria, and Cambodia, which is the subject of her TEDx talk.

Brooke D’Antonio

Brooke D’Antonio is pursuing an undergraduate degree at the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution with a concentration of Justice and Reconciliation at George Mason University. She is a research assistant for the Associate Dean at the Carter School, Juliette Shedd. The research focuses on post World War II peacebuilding and the effect the Marshall Plan had on Europe and how it affected the Cold War. In her future she plans to work for a non-profit to help victims of sexual assault and domestic abuse.

Arielle Rosenberg

Arielle Rosenberg is graduating Magna Cum Laude from the Honors College at GMU with a major in Global Affairs and a minor in Conflict Analysis and Resolution. Arielle first learned her passion for global affairs in high school, when she studied at the Global Studies and World Languages Academy in Virginia Beach, and has been committed to changing the world ever since. Passionate about all things language, culture, and travel, Arielle speaks Hebrew, Arabic, and Spanish and has visited Israel, Northern Ireland, Italy and Canada. In her career and future, Arielle hopes to contribute to the Middle Eastern peacemaking process and continue to build bridges and relationships with others through language and cultural appreciation. Through her Global Affairs and overall George Mason studies, Arielle has been able to participate in a wide range of activities and gain invaluable skills and perspectives, including spearheading an undergraduate research project aimed at raising awareness of the Uyghur Genocide in China.

Quinton Walsh

Quinton Walsh is a freshman from Upstate New York majoring in Conflict Analysis and Resolution. He came to George Mason University to study genocide prevention and and hopes to continue doing so throughout his entire time at GMU. After learning about the devastating effects of the Holocaust while in Poland, Quinton decided that the most fulfilling career he could pursue would be one that works to prevent similar atrocities from happening again.